Date of birth:

October 1st, 1906 (Posen/Warthegau - Germany)

Date of death:

August 17th, 1970 (Freudenstadt - Germany)

Nationality:

German

Career:
04.1927: attended Havel PoliceSchool
03.1933: assigned to Polizei-Btl. Wecke
20.04.1934: promoted to Polizei-Leutnant
29.06.1935: promoted to Polizei-Oberleutnant
01.10.1935: transferred from the Polizei to the Luftwaffe as an Oberleutnant
01.03.1938: promoted to Hauptmann
03.1938: appointed Kp.Chef in Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 1
05.1940: Kompanie Führer in Fsch.MG-Btl. 1
17.06.1940: Hauptmann, appointed provisional Kdr. Fallschirmschule 2 - Wittstock
05.1941: Hauptmann, Chef 3. Kp/ Rest-Kdo./ Fsch-MG-Btl. 7
01.10.1941: promoted to Major
06.02.1942: appointed Kdr. Fallsch.MG-Btl. 1
1944: WIA in the Battle of Cassino
09.1944: recuperation at Res.Laz. Mallersdorf
He spent the rest of the war in the reserves
01.12.1944: promoted to Oberstleutnant

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major (Squadron Leader)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Fallschirm-Machinengewehr-Bataillon 1, 7. Flieger-Division, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

April 24th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major (Squadron Leader)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Fallschirm-Machinengewehr-Bataillon 1, 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

April 5th, 1944

Awarded for his Bataillon’s successes during the second battle of Monte Cassino. During this battle they were one of the units charged with the defense of Monastery Hill, with their positions located on the slopes of the hill itself, from the Rocca Janula to Calvary Hill.

The Bataillon defeated an attack by the US 168th Infantry Regiment on the 11.02.1944. Later, on the evening of the 16.02.1944, the British Sussex battalion attacked with the same result. The next day, the Bataillon was one of the units defending against an attack by the whole 4th Indian division, and made an important contribution to crushing this latest assault as well.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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Second World War (1939-1945)

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Second World War (1939-1945)

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Second World War (1939-1945)

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Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo: http://www.luftwaffe39-45.historia.nom.br/ases/bd/ases_ficha.asp?vnum=1450
  
• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1986.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht